Duchy of Gifhorn information

The Duchy of Gifhorn (German: Herzogtum Gifhorn) with its residence at Gifhorn Castle was founded in 1539 and lasted only 10 years until the death of its...

Residenz of the Duchy of Gifhorn under Duke Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg for just 10 years. This well-fortified castle was built in the shape of a trapezium...

Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1508–1549), ruled the Duchy of Gifhorn from Gifhorn Castle Bernhardus Varenius (1622–1650), a German geographer...

Duchy of Gifhorn, in which Fallersleben lay, from his ducal seat in Gifhorn. Francis introduced the Reformation into the state. His wife was Clara of...

and insects. It lies between the city of Wolfsburg and town of Gifhorn and consists of an enclosed woodland area of around 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres)...

House of Welf (descending from Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg). Hans Adolf Schultz: Burgen, Schlösser und Herrensitze im Raum Gifhorn-Wolfsburg...

the district of Gifhorn. Had this plan come to fruition, the territory of the present Lower Saxony would have consisted of three states of roughly equal...

between Gifhorn and Celle at Müden. Since the early ninth century the middle Oker river has formed the diocesan boundary between the bishoprics of Halberstadt...

the west and clockwise) the districts Gifhorn, Uelzen, Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony, and the districts of Stendal and Börde (district). The Altmark...

century in the German state of Lower Saxony. The canal is 18 kilometres (11 mi) long and runs between Wolfsburg and Gifhorn. It was built to protect agricultural...

imprisoned in the fortress of Gifhorn. In the same year, he lost his first wife. In the summer of 1809 Louis was appointed sub-prefect of Salzwedel, where three...

two duchies. Bavaria had been given to Otto I, Duke of Bavaria, and the Duchy of Saxony was divided between the Archbishop of Cologne, the House of Ascania...

Southern edge of the ancient river valley of the Aller at the Mittellandkanal ("Midland Canal"). It is bordered by the districts of Gifhorn and Helmstedt...

of Saxony-Anhalt. Under the rule of the House of Ascania, the Anhalt territory was split off the German stem duchy of Saxony in 1212 and granted to Count...

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least parts of the districts of Gifhorn, Goslar, Helmstedt, Peine, and Wolfenbüttel. The district of Holzminden, part of the Free State of Brunswick until...

Nummernschilder) are mandatory alphanumeric plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle registered in Germany. They have existed in the country since 1906...